Velocipede driving mechanism.



No. 685,850. Pat ented Nov. 5, 190:.

r. A. KELLEY.

VELOGIPEDE DRIVING. MECHANISM.

Application filed Kay 28, 1901.)

' (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Curios.

FRANK ANSON KELLEY, OF

SUSANVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

VELOCIPEDE DRIVING MECHANISM.

$PEGIFIOA'I'ION formingpart of Letters Patent No; 685,850, datedNovember 5, 1901.

Application filed May 28,1901.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Anson KELLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Susanville, in the county of Lassen, State of California,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Velocipede DrivingMechanism; and I do hereby declare the following to be a true andcorrect description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawing, which forms a part hereof, and in which similar letters referto similar parts throughout the entire view.

The drawing is a vertical side view of the entire device as and whenattached to said vehicles. v

The object of my invention is ,to so construct and arrange a seat orseats and the connecting operating mechanism for each and all of saidvehicles that the Weight of the rider will propel entirely or materiallyassist in propelling or running the same and also to use the greater andeasier leg driving power of the rider applied to the thighs or upperpart of the legs of the rider, and thereby making it much easier torun,faster in speed, and but little more expensive.

In the drawing let A A represent the wheels of a bicycle or othervehicle, B, B, B, and B its frame, and 0 its sprocket wheel or gears. Dis its seat, which seat is provided on its under part and at or near itslengthwise center with two or more eyelets or a sleeve E E and throughwhich a bar or shaft F freely passes and is attached to the bio cleframe and upon whichthe seat rests and tilts or rocks.

G G are two driving-rods hinged to the seat on its under outside part,at or near its rear end,by a ring or universaljoint HH. These rodsextend downward a short distance and should be made in two parts,threaded and one screwing into the other, as shown at N N, so that theirlength can be increased or' decreased as the seat is raised or lowered,as desired, and are hinged or loosely bolted near their lower ends 0 Oto and near the rear ends of the bars or rods P P, which are also hingedor loosely bolted to the upper part of Serial hi0. 62,237- (No model.)

the bicycle-frame at Q Q and extending forward several inches and freelymove vertically up and down and are also each provided with a shortupright rod R R, hinged or loosely bolted to them a short distance infront of the seat and extending upward and provided near their upperends with a roller having its exterior surface made of rubber orothersoft material and provided with a metal center tube or liningrevolving upon metal pins S S',both roller and pins extendinghorizontally outward several inches. Upon these rollers the under sideof the thigh of the rider rests and presses downward and forwardalternately and automatically as the riders foot descends in revolvingeach of the bicycle-pedals T T, and at its lower end should extendlowenough to and be provided with several tubular holes, thereby makingit adjustable to any desired height, as shown at U U, and also providedneartheir outward ends with hinged or looselybolted driving-rods V V,slightly bent or curved forward and extending down to and hinged orjointed upon the rods of the foot-pedals W W near their insideconnection with the pedal-cranks X X by means of freely-revolving boxesor holes, thus enabling the rider to use hisweight by means of thetipping or rocking seat and also the power as applied near the upperpart of the thigh, in combination and in connection with his foot-power,to drive and push the pedal forward and downward and applied to and atthe outside part or length of the foot-pedal crank in propelling thebicycle instead of at the end ofa short crank, and not provided with theleg or thigh rests R R, as shown and described in United States patentgranted to me March 12, 1901, No. 669,645, for which application wasfiled November 1, 1900, Serial No. 35,188.

What I claim as my invention and as new and useful, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is- V 1. A bicycle-saddle pivoted to turn laterallyon a support in the vertical longitudinal plane of the bicycle, andprovided with jointed rods N O, N O, in combination with the rods Pjointed at Q to frame and the In testimony whereof I have signed my vrods V jointed to said rods P aswell as to name to this specification:in the presence of to the pedal-cranks as shown and described. twosubscribing witnesses. 2. In a bicycle propelling mechanism sub- 7 7 1 15 stantially as described,the combination with v KELLEY the jointedrods'P of the verticai bars-U Witnesses:

provided with the thigh-rests S S adapted to GEO. L. TOMB; be used inthe manner described. v .LOUIS -D. HALL.

